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CHAPTER VI. 



Of judicial proceedings, and of the 

 division of the trihtmals. 



Article 1. Justice shall be exe- 

 cuted in the king's name, and the 

 orders carried into execution by 

 officers appointed by him, in con- 

 formity to the laws. 



Art. 2. There shall be a supreme 

 tribunal, composed of five judges, 

 and the king's advocate ; and this 

 shall be strttionary in Cortc, 



Art. 3. There shall be a presi- 

 dent and a king's advocate attached 

 to every other new jurisdiction. 



Art. 4. The functions of tlie said 

 respective tribunals, their admini- 

 stration, and the emoluments, shall 

 be determined by law. 



Art. 5. There shall be in every 

 pieve a podestra (magistrate). 



Art. fi. In every community 

 ther^shall be a municipahty, named 

 by tne people, and its functions 

 shall be regulated by the laws. 



Art. 7. Crimes, which deserve 

 corporal or ignominious punish- 

 ments, shall be tried by the judges 

 and a jury. 



Art 8. The king has the power 

 of granting pardon, in conformity 

 to the same regulations under which 

 he exercises this prerogative in 

 England. 



Art. 9. All civil, criminal, com- 

 mercial causes, snd those of ev(;ry 

 other kind whatsoever, shall be ter- 

 minated in Corsica, in the first aivd 

 last instance. 



CHAPTER VII, 



Of the extravidinary trilunal. 



Article 1. There shall be an ex- 

 traordinary tribunal, composed of 

 five judges, appointed by the king, 

 and commissioned to judge upon any 



impeachment from the house of par- 

 liament, or upon all charges made, 

 on the part of the king, or prevari- 

 cation, or other treasonable trans- 

 actions. 



Art. 2. The nature of the said 

 crimes, and the form of trial, shall 

 be determined upon by a special 

 law ; but a jury shall be allowed ia 

 ever)' case of this sort. 



Art. 3. The members of the tri- 

 bunal shall notassemble, butin cases 

 of impeachment by the house of 

 parliament, and immediately after 

 judgment given, they shall be obli- 

 ged to separate. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Of pers'jiial liberty, end of the liberty 

 of the press. 



Article!. No person shall be de- 

 prived of his liberty and property 

 but by sentence of the tribunals ac- 

 knowledged by the laws, and in the 

 cases and according to the forms 

 prescribed. 



Art. 2. AVhoever shall be arrest- 

 ed or placed in confinement, shall 

 be conducted, within the term of 

 twenty-four hours, before the com- 

 petent tribunal, in order that the 

 cause of his detension may be ad- 

 judged according to law. 



Art. 3. In case of the arrest be- 

 ing declared vexatious, the person 

 arrested will have a rigjit of claim- 

 ing damages and interest before the 

 competent tribunals. 



Art, 4, Thf liberty of the press 

 is decreed, but the abuse of it is to 

 be amenable to the laws. 



Art. 5. Every Corsican shall have 

 the power freely to depart from his 

 country, and to return to it with his 

 property, co.nforming himself to the 

 regulations and ordonnances of ge- 

 neral police, oli served in such cases. 



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